Ajay Garg joins Saviynt as Chief Development Officer

Ajay Garg has been appointed as the Chief Development Officer at identity governance solutions provider, Saviynt.

Garg, who joins Saviynt from Palo Alto Networks, brings with him considerable experience in engineering leadership within the cybersecurity sector. At Palo Alto Networks, he served as Vice President of Engineering and was responsible for leading a global team in the development of AI-oriented advanced security solutions covering Data Security, SaaS Security, WildFire, and Internet Security.

As Chief Development Officer at Saviynt, Garg will be tasked with overseeing all aspects of engineering, including Quality Engineering, Infrastructure, and Site Reliability Engineering, known as SRE. His new role involves steering the growth and continued development of Saviynt's identity security platform.

Paul Zolfaghari, President at Saviynt, expressed his support for Garg's appointment, stating, "Ajay is a seasoned engineering leader who brings deep domain knowledge, extensive management experience, and strong technical acumen. He has spent the last twenty years at some of the world's premier organizations in cybersecurity, infrastructure, web security, and SaaS security where he led high-performance cultures that delivered innovation while ensuring extremely positive customer outcomes. We are fortunate to have Ajay joining us at Saviynt, particularly at this pivotal time in our company's history."

Garg's extensive experience includes his previous tenure at CyberCube Analytics, where he was Global Vice President of Engineering. In this role, he managed the development of CyberCube's Cyber Risk Analytics platform. Prior to that, he held significant leadership positions at FireEye and Cisco Systems, where he was influential in driving innovation across important areas such as cloud security, identity management, threat analytics, secure access, and content security.

Upon joining Saviynt, Garg commented, "I am thrilled to join Saviynt at such a critical moment in the evolution of identity security. As more organizations move to the cloud to address emerging risks, Saviynt's cloud-native platform stands out as a powerful solution that can solve multiple security challenges within a single, integrated architecture. I'm excited to work alongside a talented team to scale our engineering capabilities and drive innovation, ensuring that we continue to deliver exceptional value and outcomes for our customers in an increasingly complex security landscape."